Media Rights Agenda (MRA)

Media rights groups tell Nigerian parliament that the proposed changes to the Press Council Act will give government undue influence over the Nigeria Press Council which is meant to be independent.

IFEX members – Media Rights Agenda and the International Press Centre – are among the 5 organizations and 4 journalists taking President Buhari to the regional ECOWAS Community Court of Justice over the Nigerian Federal government’s ban of Twitter in the country.

Popular radio presenter Titus Badejo was shot by two masked men outside a club in in Oyo State in Nigeria. He becomes the 18th journalist killed under civilian rule.

Media Rights Agenda and International Press Centre consider lodging a formal complaint with the African Union if the Nigerian government does not rescind the ban on Twitter.

MRA points out that Nigeria’s weak implementation of the FOI Act denies its citizens access to government information.

Media Rights Agenda condemns the covert blocking of 3 websites associated with Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests on the basis that it restricts citizens’ rights to freedom of expression and access to information.

Media Rights Agenda has filed a lawsuit questioning the powers of the National Broadcasting Commission to impose fines on radio stations, arguing that it is not a judicial body.

Pelumi Onifade was taken away by Nigerian police operatives while covering the scene of a mob attack at a government facility. His body was eventually found several days later at a mortuary in Lagos.